Last Sunday’s ‘Game of Thrones‘ rape scene has stirred up a ton of controversy and has put HBO on the defensive.
According to reports, critics are calling out the “Game of Thrones” for the brutal rape scene in Sunday’s episode.
One critic is Sen. Claire McCaskill (D.-Mo.), who tweeted on Tuesday that she was “done” with the show because of the “gratuitous rape scene” that was “disgusting and unacceptable.”
The Game of Thrones episode“Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken” was written by Bryan Cogman and directed Jeremy Podeswa. ‘Game of Thrones’ is based on the fantasy book series, “Song of Ice and Fire,” by George R.R. Martin. But the scene is nowhere in the book and according to Martin HBO’s treatment of the scene deviated from what happens in the book.
In the TV version, one of the central characters, Sansa Stark played by Sophie Turner, was raped on her wedding night by her new husband, played by Iwan Rheon. In the book, her new husband actually rapes another character and not Sansa Stark. However, a rape still occurs.
This is not the first time HBO pushed the envelop. Last season, Jaime raped his sister, Cersei Lannister, on top of her dead son.
HBO responded to the criticism by saying the following:
“the choices our creative teams make are based on the motivations and sensibilities that they believe define their characters. We fully support the vision and artistry of Dan and David’s exceptional work and we feel this work speaks for itself.”
On the bright side for HBO last Sunday’s episode was the most pirated episode ever with other 3.4 million downloads in a matter of a few minutes – which means people love the show and the show is not going anywhere.
Source: Variety
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